Catamaran
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Roughing in mast and boom and captain's chair. Simple captains' chair from the warehouse, slightly modified.
I had to explode and merge the upper deck Curviloft sections. So that part is committed at this point. Still kept as half-side component.
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This is a fun thread Bryan, it makes me remember when my parents and I built a 48' log x 25' wide trimaran in 1968. I worked every evening after school and the weekends and we got her built in record time, just over a year! Such a fine boat and we sailed her all over. Had a round the world trip all planed which never happened. My parent got divorced in the mid '70s, and sold the boat!
these are the only pics I have of it, wish I had taken some of the building phase.
the last pic is me at the helm, with my salty dog Wolf!
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Nice trimaran! And you helped build it? Very cool.
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Model’s really shaping up
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Hey Bryan I'm looking for a laptop, what's the one you recently got??
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@joe wood said:
Hey Bryan I'm looking for a laptop, what's the one you recently got??
I bought a Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 15" laptop. Ryzen 7 with AMD Radeon co-GPU and an Nvidia RTX 3050 GPU with 4GB of GDDR 6, 16 GB RAM and 500GB SSD. It has a backlit keyboard.
It's basically an entry level Lenovo Legion without the name. Still on sale for around $800 in some places. Other brands have competitive models in this category of specs and price.
Works like a champ.
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Thanks tuna!
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Very neat work. Makes me want to have a sailboat again and be in a warmer place. The water is too hard for sailing a boat and not thick enough yet for an iceboat.
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right on Bryan one's on the way so thanks for that! Looking forward to using it in the field and shop!
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Thanks Dave R!
You're welcome Joe. I had to buy a new USB-C dock to connect to my older monitors, so you might consider that as well. USB-C in to dual Display Port out. Plus extra USB ports. Alogic is who makes mine. About $80 compared to other at $100+. I think they make the same for HDMI out as well.
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Aft deck block out complete. Started on some detailing.
Reworked the aft deck canopy yet one more time. I did not like the outboard windshield pillar angles. Too bug-eyed.
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Steady progress Good show
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Thanks tuna!
Cleaning up and beginning detailing. Pipe Along Path for wheel. The rest is just shape and then Push/Pull. The canopy support beam was Follow Me tool using a path line made by Tools On Surface. It needs some clean up where it joins the hull.
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Some close-ups.
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Cleaning up and adding more details. Upper cabin windows were too high. Mast swivel completed. Radar bridge created. Other details re-proportioned.
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Roughing in the forward areas. At this point, all the main structures are built.
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You be launching her soon matey!
Bryan, what's that forward boom? Don't think I've ever seen one on any boat.
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Lines off form checking.
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Wow check out the architects website! Some beautiful designs!
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@joe wood said:
You be launching her soon matey!
Bryan, what's that forward boom? Don't think I've ever seen one on any boat.
Thanks Joe!
That's for a jib sail. Sometimes the jib sail is connected to the main mast and sometimes it's not. And sometimes it's connected to the mainsail boom and sometimes it's not. This design, from the plans, shows it connected to both. (I had to look this up)
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